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íren

(adj.)
Grammar
íren, adj.

iron

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hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan he bade stretch him on an iron bed, and roast him alive, Shrn. 116, 2. Mid írenum gyrdum with iron rods, 115, 24 : Salm. Kmbl. 55; Sal. 28 : 942 ; Sal. 470.

BOLSTER

(n.)
Grammar
BOLSTER, gen. bolstres; m.

A BOLSTER, a pillow for the headcervicala shellculcitacervicala mattressa bolster

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Hit geondbrǽded wearþ beddum and bolstrum it was overspread with beds and bolsters, Beo. Th. 2484; B. 1240

strútian

(v.)
Grammar
strútian, p. ode
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Menn ðæs wundrodon, hú ða weargas hangodon, sum on hlǽddre, sum leát tó gedelfe, and ǽlc on his weorce wæs fæste gebunden, Swt. A. S. Prim. 87, 177

þeáw-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-líc, adj.
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usual, customary Sum wít mid sealfe his fét smyrode, swá swá hit þeáwílc wæs on ðære þeóde, Homl. Ass. 41, 439. moral, figurative Þeáwlíc[r]e spǽce tropologiae, figurati sermonis, Hpt. Gl. 432, 13.

under-sécan

(v.)
Grammar
under-sécan, p. -sóhte

To investigatediscutere

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Voc. ii. 141, 42) Ðæt is ðæt hié ðara ðing ðe him underðiódde bióð for ðam ege ánum ðæs innecundan déman underséce est subjectorum causas pro sola interni judicis intentione discutere, Past. 13; Swt. 79, 8.

un-getǽse

(n.)
Grammar
un-getǽse, es; n.

An inconveniencea trouble

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An inconvenience, a trouble Gif hé ðǽm gehiér-suman mannum næfde geteohchad his éðel tó sellanne, hwié wolde hé hié mid ǽnegum ungetǽsum lǽran?

bor-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
bor-líce, adv.

Eminentlyexcellentlywell

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Þá híw rímcræftige esnas borlíce foregylpað, 334, 27. Wolde ic ꝥ þá æþelan clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orðance ǽlce sleacnysse, ꝥ hig þe borlícor mihton gecýðan þǽra epactena gesceád, 315, 5

bisceop-dóm

episcopatepontificate

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On his bisceopdóme (-háde,v. l.) binnan Affrican scíre, Hml. A. 5, 108

hláford-scipe

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Gange ðæt land tó ðám ðe sé wylle ðe ðonne bisceopríces wealde on Wigeraceastre; and hig sýn ǽfre under-þeódde and ðám hláfordscipe folhgien ðe ðonne bisceop beó, C. D. iv. 137, 22.

or-wéne

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, Ors. 4, 9; S. 192, 4. dele last passage, and add Sum eáwfæst wer wæs yfele gehæfd, and læg at forðsíðe his freóndum orwéne, Hml.

swinge

Grammar
swinge, <b>. I.</b>
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Add His seón swýðe þeóstrodon. Þá hrepode Martinus mid ánre swingan ( Martin gave the man a slight stroke ?) and eall seó sárnis him sóna fram gewát ... þurh Martines hrepunge, Hml. S. 31, 589.

wrítian

(v.)
Grammar
wrítian, <b>; II.</b>
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Þæt fugolcynn eall fægere Fénix grétaþ, writigað and singaþ onbútan him ǽlc on his wísan, E. S. viii. 478, 40. Wri[tiende] garrulantes, An. Ox. 37, 3

hǽþen

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Cild gyf hit hǽðen swelte. . . . Sé þe ofsleá his beam hǽðen . . . Hǽðen cild gif hit bið preóst beboden . . . and hit hǽðen swelte, 144, 32-35.

ge-camp

(n.)
Grammar
ge-camp, n. (not m.).
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S. 25, 834. fig. spiritual warfare sceolon mid sige þæs gástlican gecampes tó him eft gecyrran þe tó þám gefeohte ásende, Hml. Th. ii. 402, 14. Gecampes (cenobialis) militie, An. Ox. 4169. Godes fyhtling ( St.

þearf

(n.)
Grammar
þearf, e; f.
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Ðonne hwá tó his scrifte cymeþ, on ða gerád ðæt hé wille his þearfa tó him sprecan and his synna andettan, L. E. I. 31; Th. ii. 428, 9

Linked entries: þærf þarf

or-wíge

(adj.)
Grammar
or-wíge, adj.
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And mon mót feohtan orwíge, gif hé geméteþ óðerne æt his ǽwum wífe, betýnedum durum oððe under ánre reón, oððe æt his dehter ǽwum-borenre, oððe æt his swister, oððe æt his médder ðe wǽre tó ǽwum wífe forgifen his fæder, L.

Linked entries: -wíge on-wíge

a-nyman

(v.)
Grammar
a-nyman, impert. a-nymaþ ge

To take awaytollere

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To take away; tollere Anymaþ ðæt púnd æt hym take away that pound from him, Mt. Bos. 25, 28: Hick. Thes. i. 192, 16, col. 2

ídel-gild

(n.)
Grammar
ídel-gild, es; n.

idolatry

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False worship, idolatry Hig mé tirigdon mid hira ídelgildum ipsi me provocaverunt in eo qui non erat deus et irritaverunt in vanitatibus suis, Deut. 32, 21

brosnian

(v.)
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Heó (Rome) weosnath; and brosnaþ (marcescet) in hire sylfre. Gr. D. 134, 2. Nǽfre his líchama ne fúlode ne ne brosnode, Angl. xi. 1, 6. Add

mund-wist

(n.)
Grammar
mund-wist, e; f.
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Protection, guardianship Ðá ænglas him andsweredon, 'Ac syó hige ( the soul ) ánumen of úre mundwiste, for ðan ðe mid fúlnesse hyó wæs in gangende,' Nap. 46